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Basketball is like war in that
offensive weapons are developed
first, and it always takes a while
for the defense to catch up.
?Red Auerbach
I always know what's
happening on the court.
I see a situation occur,
and I respond.
?Larry Bird
I can do something else besides
stuff a ball through a hoop.
My biggest resource is my mind.
?Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
If I weren't earning $3 million
a year to dunk a basketball,
most people on the street would
run in the other direction
if they saw me coming.
?Charles Barkley
Mental toughness is to
physical as four is to one.
?Bobby Knight
Once you are labeled 'the best'
you want to stay up there,
and you can't do it by loafing
around. If I don't keep
changing. I'm history.
?Larry Bird
One man can be a crucial
ingredient on a team, but one
man cannot make a team.
?Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Show me a good and gracious
loser, and I'll show you a failure.
?Knute Rockne
Talent wins games,
but teamwork and intelligence
win championships.
?Michael Jordan
The first time I shot the hook, I was
in fourth grade, and I was about five
feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up
and felt totally at ease with the shot.
I was completely confident it would go in
and I've been shooting it ever since.
?Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The game is my life. It demands
loyalty and responsibility, and it gives
me back fulfillment and peace.
?Michael Jordan
The key is not the "will to win" . . .
everybody has that. It is the will to
prepare to win that is important.
?Bobby Knight
The main ingredient of stardom
is the rest of the team.
?John Wooden
The only difference between a good shot
and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
?Charles Barkley
These are my new shoes. They're
good shoes. They won't make
you rich like me, they won't make
you rebound like me, they definitely
won't make you handsome like me. They'll
only make you have shoes like me.
That's it.
?Charles Barkley
When I was young, I never wanted to
leave the court until I got things exactly
correct. My dream was to become a pro.
?Larry Bird
You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
?Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
You don't play against opponents, you
play against the game of basketball.
?Bobby Knight
You have to be able to center yourself,
to let all of your emotions go... Don't
ever forget that you play with
your soul as well as your body.
?Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
